My favorite reads on acupuncture, energy, healing, are listed below and are widely available from local libraries and booksellers. I have read them all more than once, and am always rereading one or the other.
I love to support the local independent bookstores---two locations which are quite close to my Newton and Andover acupuncture offices are newtonvillebooks.com and hugobookstores.com/andover
Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life by Gregg Levoy Three Rivers Press NY 1997, 339p
...insightful and practical guide to navigate changing directions in your work or life
Way of Qigong by Kenneth S Cohen Ballantine NY 1997, 428p
...classic on body energy, healing, easy Qigong techniques
Between Heaven and Earth by Harriet Beinfield and Efrem Korngold Ballantine NY 1991, 431p
...another classic on Chinese energy medicine and healing, very readable
Web That has no Weaver by Ted Kaptchuk McGraw-Hill NY 2nd ed 2000, 500p
…another classic integrating Chinese medicine, energy, science, art, and philosophy
Molecules of Emotion by Candace Pert Scribner NY 1997, 368p
…the breakthrough science connecting our emotions to our biochemistry, the interplay of thoughts, feeling, and health
Radical Healing by Rudolph Ballantine Three Rivers Press NY 1999, 612p
...huge catalogue and integration of the world's traditional medicines into a modern paradigm
Emotional Alchemy by Tara Bennet-Goleman Harmony NY 2001, 341p
...the transformative power of mindfulness
My Grandfather's Blessing by Rachel Naomi Remen Riverhead Books NY 2000, 380p
...true stories of illness, recovery and redemption from the life and practice of a pediatric oncologist, an easy read in short chapters to savor
Yoga & the Quest for the True Self by Stephen Cope Bantam NY 1999, 358p
...the transformative and psychological power of yoga for Westerners
Encounters With Qi by David Eisenberg Norton 1995
...memoirs of young American doctor and his exploration of Chinese medicine |